Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917- Belgium

At the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, the visitor gets the opportunity to walk through a German trench and descend into a unique 20 feet deep British dugout with communication and dressing posts, headquarters and accommodation. The museum is an ideal starting point for a visit to the area, an absolute must for tourists and specialists
www.zonnebeke.be
info@passchendaele.be

Mémorial des Batailles de la Marne and ossuary – Dormans – France (Marne)
The 1914 -1918 war left behind it a particularly cruel memorial - 80% of the town was completely destroyed during the fierce fighting that went on here during the second Battle of the Marne. The military cemetery in Dormans is the final resting place of 3,885 French and German combatants.
51700 DORMANSTel. +33 (0)3 26 58 22 31

Les sites de la Bataille de Verdun (Verdun Battlefield and Sites) – France (Meuse)
Mémorial de Verdun: this memorial museum is a witness to what was anonymous heroism. The museum strives for historical knowledge, for reconciliation, and for the development of a civil European conscience.
55 100 FLEURY DEVANT DOUAUMONT
Tel. +33 (0)3 29 84 35 34
Fax +33 (0)3 29 84 45 54
Memorial.14-18@wanadoo.fr
www.memorial-14-18.com

The Champs de bataille de la crête des Éparges is a genuine open air museum showing remains of fortifications, areas destroyed by artillery, craters, etc…
The Forts at Vaux and Douaumont both fell at the hands of the Germans: the fort at Douaumont, the largest (3 km of tunnels) and the best armed was taken first; and the French and Germans clashed with one another for 6 days and 7 nights swapping gas attacks, bombs and flame throwers before the fort at Vaux could be taken.
55100 DOUAUMONT
Tel. +33 (0)3 29 86 14 18Fax +33 (0)3 29 84 22 42
55400 VAUX DEVANT DAMLOUP
Tel. +33 (0)3 29 86 14 18
Fax +33 (0)3 29 84 22 42
verduntourisme@wanadoo.fr
www.verdun-tourisme.com
Today there is an ossuary here at the heart of this land which became a mausoleum. It is the final resting place of some 130,000 unknown French and German soldiers.
55100 DOUAUMONT
Tel. +33 (0)3 29 84 54 81
Fax +33 (0)3 29 86 56 54
infos@verdun-douaumont.com
www.verdun-douaumont.com
A small train through the underground citadel takes you to see a number of recreated scenes from the life of the regular soldier: the infirmary, the headquarters, and tomb of the unknown soldier, etc…
Avenue du 5ème RAP
55100 VERDUN
Tel. +33 (0)3 29 86 14 18
Fax +33 (0)3 29 84 22 42
verduntourisme@wanadoo.fr
www.verdun-tourisme.com
Le Centre Mondial de la Paix (World Peace Centre) is home to exhibitions, exchanges, meetings and it is a place of reflection. The Centre Mondial de la Paix, des Libertés et des Droits de l’Homme is located in the Episcopal Palace.
Place Monseigneur Ginisty
55100 VERDUN
Tel. +33 (0)3 29 86 55 00
Fax +33 (0)3 29 86 15 14
cmpaix@wanadoo.fr

Les champs de bataille des Vosges (Vosges Battlefields) – France (Haut-Rhin)
Le Mémorial du Linge: in the blaze of summer 1915, le Linge became the ‘Tomb des Chasseurs’ - an infantry and tank corps. There are numerous German and French trenches in the battlefield in the Munster and Kaysersberg valleys. It became a listed historical monument in 1921.
68370 ORBEY
Tel. +33 (0)3 89 77 29 97
Le Monument National et le champ de bataille du Vieil-Armand: this is a listed historical and national monument; the slopes and the very heart of this major First World War site are teeming with trenches, underground tunnels, and shelters that remind one of the suffering and courage of the numerous combatants who passed through here in 1915.
Tourist Information Office for Cernay and Vieil-Armand
1, rue latouche
68700 CERNAY
info@cernay.net